Researcher Telma Monteiro wrote on her blog [1] [pt] about the election of the Brazilian mining company Vale as the world's worst corporation of 2011, with over 25,000 votes on the Public Eye Awards [2]. She attributes the victory to Vale's involvement with the construction of Belo Monte Dam [3], in the Brazilian Amazon. Movement Xingu Vivo held a page “supporting” Vale's candidacy [4] [pt].
Brazil: ‘Vale’ is Elected the World's Worst Corporation
· Written by João Miguel Lima
Categories: Latin America, Brazil, Citizen Media, Development, Digital Activism, Environment